Story County Jail

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The Story County Jail is located at 1315 South B Avenue in Nevada, IA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Story County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Story County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Story County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Story County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Story County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Story County Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information about anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Story County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Story County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take between 30 minutes to all day. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be released that morning.

Story County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Story County Jail in advance. This information will be entered into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Story County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Story County Jail at (515) 382-7464 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Story County Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Story County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Story County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Story County Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Story County Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Story County Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Story County Jail inmates are always changing, so double check the Story County Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Story County Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Story County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (515) 382-7464 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Story County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Story County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, phone calls might get cut back or totally denied.

The Story County Jail phone number is: (515) 382-7464

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Story County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Story County Jail, click the link below.

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